Last Day Celebration

I anticipated that the last day of school would initially bring more sadness than happiness for Nate this year. His loop ends and we're all sad to leave Mrs. S. So a few weeks ago, I decided that it would be fun to have a Last Day celebration for both of them. I think it'll be a fun tradition in years to come. 

On Thursday while Nate was at school, Lila and I decorated the house with crepe paper and and balloons. And we also went to get Jilly's cupcakes. When Nate got home from school, we surprised him and told him we were going to PF Changs for dinner. He's been wanting to go because he loves Pei Wei, so it was the perfect surprise. 

Lila posing by the big horse. 

I think she might be getting ready to hit him with her chop stick here. Keepin it real.

Last week, I made Risotto with Shrimp. They both love shrimp. And noodles. And rice. But I pretty much had to beg them to eat it (yes, I do know they'll eat when they are hungry.) So I couldn't hide my shock when they gobbled up the hot and sour soup at the restaurant and were fighting over the tofu. Odd. They're just odd, that's all I can say.

To celebrate the first day of summer, we hung out around the house in the morning and then Lila, Scott & I took a trip to Lowe's. We had a few things we needed to buy and we needed to pick out kitchen lighting.

That proved to be harder than I thought, so we were there a long time. We kept Lila busy with a ring pop. What says Memorial Day weekend better than a long trip to Lowe's and blue lips??

Scott took the kids to the indoor pool for the afternoon and then they wanted to have a picnic on our bedroom floor and watch a movie. Why our bedroom floor you ask? You'll have to ask someone who knows the answer to that one. But they thought it was extra special, and that's all that matters!